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saving graces

saving graces is the plural of saving grace.

Meaning of saving grace

Noun

saving grace (countable and uncountable, plural saving graces)

  1. (countable) A redeeming quality or factor.
    • For all his treachery and deception, he had one saving grace: good manners.
  2. God's grace or blessing, enabling sinners to attain salvation.

Questions about saving graces

What is saving graces the plural of?
Saving graces is the plural of saving grace.

Words near saving graces in the dictionary

  1. saving by the bell
  2. saving down
  3. saving face
  4. saving for a rainy day
  5. saving grace
  6. saving graces
  7. saving it
  8. saving one's breath
  9. saving one's breath to cool one's porridge
  10. saving one's neck
  11. saving one's skin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saving graces (page history and authors); saving grace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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